president obama is nominating thomas perez as his next secretary of labor. "he helped pay his way through college as a garbage collector and working at a warehouse, he went on to become the first lawyer in his family, so his story reminds of this country's promise. if you are willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, or what your last name is, you can make it." mr. perez currently serves as assistant attorney general and is the son of immigrants from the dominican republic. if confirmed by congress, he will likely tackle changes to immigration and minimum wage. one of the first industries outside of government to feel the pain of sequester cuts is travel. after the automatic budget cuts took effect, non- essential travel by federal employees was eliminated. that translates into a loss of at least 30% of the business for some hotels. the faa has also threatened the closing of control towers at smaller airports and longer lines at bigger airports, all due to the automatic sequester cuts. boeing may be losing altitude with custom